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OCAMPOS UGARTE, Juan Gabriel  e  TAKAHASI ALVAREZ, Vivian Estela. Carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae in patients of the Medical Clinic Service of the National Hospital of Itauguá. Rev. Virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2015, vol.2, n.2, pp.33-42. ISSN 2312-3893.  https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2015.02(02)33-042.

Introduction: Carbapenemase producing bacteria (KPC) have great capacity of spreading, are causative agents of nosocomial outbreaks and are associated to higher mortality and longer hospital stay. Objectives: To determine the frequency of KPC in the Medical Clinic Service of the National Hospital and associated risk factors. Materials and method: This was a prospective descriptive cross-sectional study that performed rectal swab to 63 patients admitted into the Medical Clinic Service of the National Hospital between October and November, 2014. Results: Mean age of the sample was 51±15 years, and 50% was men. In 13% of the patients, a positive result for KPC was found and the mean time of hospitalization of these patients was 30±33 days vs 27±26 days of KPC negative patients. The only significant risk factor was daily contact with other KPC patients. Conclusions: The frequency of KPC in the Medical Clinic Service of the National Hospital of Itauguá was 13%. The main risk factor to acquire KPC was daily contact with a patient colonized by the same germ.

Palavras-chave : carbapenemase producing bacteria; nosocomial outbreaks; frequency; risk factors.

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